Has Edinburgh dodged the Olympic bullet?
21/06/2012 … The director of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards has praised Fringe organisers for dodging the potential catastrophe caused by clashing with the Olympic Games.
Thu 21 June 2012
Carr-eer suicide?
JR Moores wonders if the tax scandal will hit Jimmy Carr's comedy
21/06/2012 … Among all the references to Alexei Sayle, Ted Chippington and Simon Munnery in Stewart Lee’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate nestled some unexpectedly gushing praise…
Revealed: Alan Partridge movie plot
21/06/2012 … Armando Iannucci has revealed some of the plot of the new Alan Partridge movie.
Bafta seeks comedy writers
21/06/2012 … Bafta is seeking budding British comedy writers to showcase to American TV executives.
Gervais is the new king of Twitter
21/06/2012 … Move over Stephen Fry, Ricky Gervais is the most influential comedian on Twitter.
Toga party!
ITV pilots 'The Inbetweeners meets ancient Rome'
21/06/2012 … ITV2 has piloted a sitcom set in ancient Rome, starring Friday Night Dinner’s Tom Rosenthal.
'Cripple' case postponed
Delay for comedy promoter's trial
21/06/2012 … Legal action against a comedy promoter arrested after using the word ‘crippled’ to promote a comedian with muscular dystrophy has been postponed.